Gatland: Age won’t be a barrier

Warren Gatland limped into London’s historic Ironmonger’s Hall yesterday morning, a wounded Lions head coach but one which the team’s chairman Gerald Davies insisted was “fit for purpose” for next summer’s trip down under.

The Kiwi certainly ticks enough boxes.

His successes with Ireland, Wasps and Wales stand first and foremost but there is also his stint as assistant to Ian McGeechan on the 2009 Lions tour to South Africa and even his experiences on the other side of the fence to the famous tourists.